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You can subscribe to this  blog with multiple entries per week reflecting what's happening with subtropical crops and upcoming educational events.  Just click on the "Subscribe" button just to the right of this paragraph.  There's also our seasonal quarterly Topics in Subtropics newsletter found at our Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, San Diego, Tulare and Kern Counties Cooperative Extension websites.
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Worker Protection Training Offered

August 21, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Registration is now open for Pesticide Safety Instructor Training workshops UC IPM, with support from the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (WCAHS), is offering up-to-date instructor training programs that are approved and co-funded by the California Department of Pesticide Regulatio...
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New Topics in Subtropics Newsletter

August 19, 2019
By Ben A Faber
There's a new edition of our Newsletter, edited by Monique Rivera, UC Subtropical Crops Entomologist - https://www.californiaavocadogrowers.com/sites/default/files/documents/10-Meet-Dr-Monique-Rivera-Winter-18.pdf.
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Santa Barbara ACP News

August 14, 2019
By Ben A Faber
From Cressida Silvers ACP/HLB Grower Liaison Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties 805 284-3310 Reminder of 2019 Fall ACP Area Wide Management Schedule September 8 - 21: Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito September 15 - 28: Santa Barbara, Goleta, and the rest of the county Here is the...
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Citrus Spray Training Webinar

August 12, 2019
By Ben A Faber
View Complete Calendar | Return to What Are the UC Ag Experts Talking About? Date: August 21, 2019 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Contact: Petr Kosina (pkosina@ucanr.edu) Sponsor: UC Ag Experts Talk Location: webinar Register in advance for the webinar at https://ucanr.zoom.
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Blue Gum Mulch

August 9, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Much has been made of the lethal effects of eucalyptus when living plants and their residues are near other desirable plants. Blue gum eucalyptus probably is the most widely grown euc in California and it particularly carries the onus of being a bad neighbor.
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